Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:18:23 -0500 From: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't see FreeBSD machine in Mac's Finder Message-ID: <BF792AEF.3EA%chowse@charter.net> In-Reply-To: <4353BF4E.8080707@datalatt.com>
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Thanks for the reply, Per. I understand what you're saying, but will a FreeBSD machine show up in Finder under any circumstances? > Hi >=20 > Unfortunately is OS X not so good when it comes to NFS. > To make your FreeBSD box talk either AFP or SMB solves your problem. If > you have something against that you could try NFS Manager. > http://www.bresink.com/osx/NFSManager.html >=20 > Regards >=20 > Per Johnson >=20 > Charles Howse wrote: >> Hello List, >>=20 >> I have a PowerMac G5, named "larry", which the 'Sharing' tab in System >> Preferences tells me that other machines on the network can access as >> 'larry.local'. >>=20 >> I have a FreeBSD 4.11 machine on the same subnet, named "moe" (no domain >> name), with NFS enabled. >>=20 >> I can connect to the FreeBSD machine's share by using "Connect to Server= " in >> OS X, but the machine doesn't show up in the Network pane of Finder. >>=20 >> Can anyone point me to some resources where I can find a resolution to t= his? --=20 Thanks, Charles=A0 Mac OS X Tiger
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